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🎧Napier Deltic Start-Up. Napier decided to name this engine "Deltic" because, unusually, the cylinders were disposed in a three-bank triangle, with a crankshaft at each corner of the triangle.🎧Napier Deltic Start-Up. Napier decided to name this engine "Deltic" because, unusually, the cylinders were disposed in a three-bank triangle, with a crankshaft at each corner of the triangle.
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🎧Napier Deltic Start-Up. Napier decided to name this engine "Deltic" because, unusually, the cylinders were disposed in a three-bank triangle, with a crankshaft at each corner of the triangle.

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@salimshady

Googling this things engine did not disappoint

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Yup! It won't. Napier Deltic is the name of the engine itself. And it has 3 crankshafts....and just to top it all off, there used to be 2 engines installed in a single locomotive. 18 cylinders with 88 ltr each. Generated around 70-100 mph speed back in the days which was revolutionary.

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